Much needed website IE only

[flyguy451]

I have a work related website that I need to access that I can't because I, obviously, don't have Internet Explorer. I know there's a way to have Safari or Firefox spoof as IE but can't remember how to do this. I had this set up once before on a previous machine.

Advice?

Thanks

 

[robbieduncan]

You need to enable the debug menu. From there you can choose the user agent.

Note that this may not get the site to work: if the site is truly IE only (i.e. uses non-standard JavaScript calls or ActiveX) then it still won't work.

 

[flyguy451]

Excellent!

Thanks for the quick reply, that's why I love this place.

Yes, I do know about the Active X issue but it's worth a try.

D

 

[iBecks]

I have a work related website that I need to access that I can't because I, obviously, don't have Internet Explorer. I know there's a way to have Safari or Firefox spoof as IE but can't remember how to do this. I had this set up once before on a previous machine.

Advice?

Thanks

Firefox has an extension that can be installed called IE Tab, not sure if that would do it.

 

[iBecks]

Also you could try here http://browsers.evolt.org/

You can download the old IE 5.xx for mac, but i'm not sure if that will work.

 

[flyguy451]

Update;

I downloaded the Firefox "User Agent Switcher" addon and it works perfectly.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59

I have full access to the site I need.

Thanks for the help.

 

[fishkorp]

Firefox has an extension that can be installed called IE Tab, not sure if that would do it.

IE Tab only works in Windows because it embeds an instance of IE inside a tab. It won't work on a Mac.

 

[iBecks]

IE Tab only works in Windows because it embeds an instance of IE inside a tab. It won't work on a Mac.

Ok, thanks for that, wasn't sure if it would work, I just remember seeing it as an extension once.

 

[tersono]

Firefox has an extension that can be installed called IE Tab, not sure if that would do it.

IETab is Windows-only and relies on Internet Explorer being installed.

oops - I didn't see the other post correcting this. Sorry for the noise!

 

[iBecks]

IETab is Windows-only and relies on Internet Explorer being installed.

oops - I didn't see the other post correcting this. Sorry for the noise!

Aye, I gathered that from what fishkorp said, thanks though.

 

[Tommie Montana]

I'm surprised that IES4OSX hasn't been mentioned. This enables the use of IE on mac. Just google the term and install it. I had a homebanking site that I could only use with IE, and this worked like a charm. A very big deal in my opinion, and one less reason for people to stay with Windows, if there still are any (except for gamers, that is).

 

[JUMPINTHEGUN]

I'm surprised that IES4OSX hasn't been mentioned. This enables the use of IE on mac. Just google the term and install it. I had a homebanking site that I could only use with IE, and this worked like a charm. A very big deal in my opinion, and one less reason for people to stay with Windows, if there still are any (except for gamers, that is).

I have an IE only website that I need to use and HATE firing up Parallels b/c I hate working with XP... so I am downloading and installing IES4OSX.. but it is taking FOREVER.... It is now downloading the fonts and it is taking forever... the rest was quick - even the 18MB Darwine download... but this is very slow... is this normal? I'll apologize in advance for the lame first post...

 

[weaponofchoice]

Or you could just run ie from mac os x

http://www.kronenberg.org/ies4osx/

 

[JUMPINTHEGUN]

Or you could just run ie from mac os x

http://www.kronenberg.org/ies4osx/

yeah... that's what it's doing... thus the question...

Thanks though...